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<p>The monarch butterfly may soon find more of its food in Iowa.</p><p>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:04:45 +0000Amy Mayer54476 at http://iowapublicradio.orgNew Iowa Consortium Aims to Help MonarchsWater Works Lawsuit Disappoints Ag Groupshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/water-works-lawsuit-disappoints-ag-groups
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">A group representing many Iowa farmers is decrying the Des Moines Water Works’ decision to sue three Iowa counties over water quality. </span></p><p>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 21:59:48 +0000Amy Mayer51777 at http://iowapublicradio.orgWater Works Lawsuit Disappoints Ag GroupsIn Illinois Farm Country, a Wetland’s Dynamic Returnhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/illinois-farm-country-wetland-s-dynamic-return
<p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">Land in Fulton County, Ill., that was farmed for more than 80 years is being returned to its original wetland state – and the early results are promising for what is now the Emiquon Nature Preserve.</p>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:26:30 +0000Rich Egger46818 at http://iowapublicradio.orgIn Illinois Farm Country, a Wetland’s Dynamic ReturnPredators Come Back to Iowahttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/predators-come-back-iowa
<p>A mother black bear and her two cubs were spotted earlier this week, on the border of Fayette and Clayton Counties, in northeast Iowa.&nbsp; The next day, a beekeeper discovered bear scat and paw prints near some damaged hives.</p><p>Also this week, the <a href="http://www.iowadnr.gov/">Iowa Department of Natural Resources</a> confirmed the state's first mountain lion of 2014. A deer carcass with signs of mountain lion predation was found in Cherokee County, in northeast Iowa.</p>Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:35:04 +0000Sarah Boden43911 at http://iowapublicradio.orgPredators Come Back to IowaNews Buzz: Decorah Eagle Electrocutedhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/news-buzz-decorah-eagle-electrocuted
<p>A beloved Iowa eagle was found dead earlier this week. Indy, as his fans called him, a young male eaglet whose hatching was witnessed by thousands online earlier this spring was electrocuted by a power pole on Tuesday. The bird had a large following in the state and across the country; more than 500 people have posted condolences on the Raptor Resource Project’s Facebook page. Host Ben Kieffer speaks with their executive director, Bob Anderson, about what happened to the bird and what can be done to protect these eagles in the future.</p><p></p>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:57:16 +0000Ben Kieffer43614 at http://iowapublicradio.orgNews Buzz: Decorah Eagle ElectrocutedEnding Our War with Wolves, Bears, Bobcats and Coyoteshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/ending-our-war-wolves-bears-bobcats-and-coyotes
<p>As agriculture and new construction in Iowa continue to expand and occupy Iowa's wildlife habitat, humans are in contact with predators like coyotes more and more. Like a caller said today during the our broadcast, one of the ways to handle that problem is to kill the predators that threaten domestic pets and&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">backyard chickens.&nbsp;</span></p>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:24:59 +0000Charity Nebbe & Lindsey Moon41719 at http://iowapublicradio.orgEnding Our War with Wolves, Bears, Bobcats and CoyotesThe Beauty and Future of Iowa's Parkshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/beauty-and-future-iowas-parks
<p>Iowa is the second most privately owned state in the U.S., so land preserved on its public parks is particularly special. Today on <em>River to River</em> – &nbsp;the future of Iowa’s parks.</p>Mon, 19 May 2014 19:25:53 +0000Ben Kieffer & Emily Woodbury40860 at http://iowapublicradio.orgThe Beauty and Future of Iowa's ParksAn Annual $1 Billion Loss From Soil Erosion & What an Iowa Farmer is Doing About Ithttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/annual-1-billion-loss-soil-erosion-what-iowa-farmer-doing-about-it
<p>The spring planting season is upon us and farmers are racing to get crops in the ground.</p><p>So yesterday morning, host Ben Kieffer hopped aboard a tractor with Jim Sladek, of JCS Family Farms in Johnson County, to get his perspective on the start of a new season and the challenges he faces, including soil erosion. Jim also demonstrated the amazing amount of technology that can be used in farming today.</p>Thu, 08 May 2014 19:14:38 +0000Ben Kieffer & Emily Woodbury40331 at http://iowapublicradio.orgAn Annual $1 Billion Loss From Soil Erosion & What an Iowa Farmer is Doing About ItIowa Conservationists http://iowapublicradio.org/post/iowa-conservationists
<p>Aldo Leopold once wrote, &ldquo;I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness.&rdquo; It is partly due to his work that today&#39;s children don&rsquo;t yet face that future.&nbsp; Today Charity Nebbe continues Iowa Week a discussion on Iowa&rsquo;s most influential conservationists.&nbsp; She looks into the lives and work of Earnest Oberholtzer, John Lacey, Ada Hayden, and Louis Pammel.</p><p></p>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:57:04 +0000Charity Nebbe & Dennis Reese29576 at http://iowapublicradio.orgIowa Conservationists The Future of Crop Insurance and CRPhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/future-crop-insurance-and-crp
<p>As the Farm Bill is debated in the U.S. House of Representatives, host Charity Nebbe digs into the politics of farm policy in a special joint broadcast with <a href="http://www.kcur.org/">KCUR </a>in Kansas City and <a href="http://harvestpublicmedia.org/">Harvest Public Media</a>.&nbsp; What's the future of crop insurance and the Conservation Reserve Program?&nbsp; What's at stake for farmers large and small?&nbsp; And also, how will what happens on the farm affect the rest of the country?</p><p></p>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:30:52 +0000Sarah Boden22714 at http://iowapublicradio.orgThe Future of Crop Insurance and CRPConservation at the Blank Park Zoohttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/conservation-blank-park-zoo
<p>The <a href="http://www.lpzoo.org/animals/factsheet/eastern-black-rhinoceros">eastern black <span style="font-size: 10pt">rhinoceros </span></a>is an endangered species, but two eastern black rhinos<a href="http://www.blankparkzoo.com/index.cfm/18148/21543/rhinos_arrive_at_blank_park_zoo">--Ayana</a><a href="http://www.blankparkzoo.com/index.cfm/18148/21543/rhinos_arrive_at_blank_park_zoo"> and </a><a href="http://www.blankparkzoo.com/index.cfm/18148/21543/rhinos_arrive_at_blank_park_zoo">Kiano</a>--are safe and sound at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines.&nbsp; Host Charity Nebbe visits withThu, 13 Jun 2013 18:15:21 +0000Charity Nebbe & Sarah Boden22374 at http://iowapublicradio.orgConservation at the Blank Park ZooConserving Iowa's Wild Landshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/conserving-iowas-wild-lands
<p>Iowa is not known for its wild places, only one state in the nation has a smaller percentage of public land than we do. Members from the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Iowa Nature Conservancy and Iowa DNR join host Charity Nebbe to discuss what work is being done by conservation organizations in Iowa to preserve our wild places and to create new ones.</p><p></p>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:08:50 +0000Charity Nebbe13855 at http://iowapublicradio.orgConserving Iowa's Wild LandsWhen Conservation Payshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/when-conservation-pays
<p></p><div class="article-body"><p>Along the winding road to and through Grace Creek Ranch, a 25,537-acre yearling cattle ranch in central Nebraska, there are no houses in sight – no buildings, for that matter. Just acres and acres of gold and amber grass, punctuated by patches of sand and lines of barbed wire fence.</p><p>And that’s the way the owners of Gracie Creek Ranch want it to stay.&nbsp; Lindsey Price, a fourth-generation rancher, her brother Aaron and their father Bob recently sold the largest conservation easement in Nebraska history, covering about 40 square miles.</p>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:12:51 +0000Hilary Stohs-Krause.12967 at http://iowapublicradio.orgWhen Conservation Pays